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W? H. ABEL, 'DGQd I G. ,A. EMERSON, Admiriis'brator. .l v 5 LATCH NEEDLEAND COVERING 0R TRAN$BBRRING POINT FOR KNITTINGMAOHINESL No; 382,675. IPatented May 8,1888;

.WITNESSES/ I WW8 g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ABEL, OF LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE; GEORGE AiEMnnsonADMINISTRATOR OF SAID .WILLIAM H. ABEL, DECEASED.

LATCH-NEEDLE ANl) COVERING 0R TRANSFERFilNG POINT FOR KNITTING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,675, dated May 8,1888. 1

- Application filed March 22, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that. I, WILLIAM H. ABEL, of Laconia, in the county ofBelknap and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Latch Needles and Covering or Transferring PointsforKnitting- Machines, consisting, so far as this application isconcerned, of the improvements in a latch knitting-needle and the samecombined with a transferring-point, as hereinafter specified, andembraced in the appended claims.

The object of such parts of my new improvements as are described andshown in this application is to so construct and arrange the needle andpoint that they can be readily and practically attached to the otherparts of the machine, and when in operation the needles and points canbe so united and disunited in the process of knitting as to perform allthe functions requisite to each in plain knitting and narrowing, orfashioning of fabrics in an economical and practical manner.

I have filed separate applications for other parts of my saidimprovements, in one of which-to wit, that one filed on the 29th day ofJuly, 1876, (see Letters PatentNo. 187,696, Reissue No. 8,779, andReissue No. 10,112)- may be seen a full illustration and description ofthe parts herein described in connec-' tion with other parts ofmyimprovedknitt-ing machinery.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of my new knitting-needle; Fig.2, a view of the covering or transferring point made to work with my newneedle; Fig. 3, a side-view of the new needle and point in position fortransferring the loops from the needle to the point or from the point tothe needle.

My said inventions relate to mechanism for knitting and fashioningregular knitted fabrics by the use of latch-needles, and my newknitting-needle is so constru cted and arranged as to be used in thefabrication of such goods both in the plain or regular knitting processand in the fashioning and narrowing process.

The needle A is constructed with an eye or enlarged slot, a, in thatportion front of the latch-pivot and back of the hook, so formed as toreadily and practically receive the covering or transferring point whenthe point is brought onto the needle preparatory to transferring of theloops- Said needle also-has a regulating-bar or tail-piece, 2, extendingbeyond the butt or heel 0, of the needle, which in some constructionsaids materiallyinkeeping the needle steadily in position during the process of narrowing. In other constructions this bar or tail-piece can bedispensed with without affecting the other parts and operation of theneedle.

The covering or transferring point B termiter and fit well into the eyeor slot a of the needle, the other end being formed to unite with theproper part of the machine. Immediately back of this pointed end 0, onthe under side, an eye or cavity, d, is formed to fit over and cover thehook portion f of the nates in a pointed end, 0, so formed" as toenneedle A when unitedwith it, for the pun pose .of transferring theloops. This point whenbrought down upon the needle, covers the hook ofthe needle, and its point 0 (see Fig. 3) becomes embedded in the eye orslot a of the needle in such a way and to such an extent as to form aconnection that will allow the loops to pass freely and without strainfrom one to the other and back, and also toso lockthe two together as tosteady and securely hold them during this operation in the narrowing.Constructions of this kindwhen properly made, arranged, and adjustedwill admit of rapidity and perfection of operation and effect andwith great economy.

I claim- 1. A latch knitting-needle having the eye or enlarged slottherein between the latchpivot andhook for the reception of thecoveringor transferring point, substantially as shown and described.

2. Alatch needle having the eye or enlarged slot therein between thelatch-pivot and hook and the regulating-bar or tail-piece, as shown anddescribed.

3. The covering or transferring point constructed as shown and stated,in combination with the latch-needle having the eye or. enlarged slottherein between the latch-pivot and the hook for the reception of saidcovering or transferring point.

WM. H. ABEL.

Witnesses:

WM. H. WATSON, WM. A. ABEL.

